You have interesting taste.  I know nothing about E European/Russian groups.

I have plenty of original jazz LPs, among others.  I play those on a Garrard Lab 80 turntable through a Fisher X-100A tube amp, AR 2-ax speakers.  No CD will replicate that warm, analogue sound.

You might enjoy these, though after your critique of Jimi Hendrix's playing (!!), who knows?

The great Magic Sam, dead at an early age.  I'd like to know how he came to play Earl Hooker's Vox guitar here.

And here's Otis Rush, playing for a hall full of zombies.

Hi Scott,

Originally written by Scott Rasmussen on April 16, 2007 10:29 PM I know nothing about E European/Russian groups.

Now you can get an idea listening to some records from . 

Originally written by Scott Rasmussen on April 16, 2007 10:29 PM I have plenty of original jazz LPs, among others.  I play those on a Garrard Lab 80 turntable through a Fisher X-100A tube amp, AR 2-ax speakers.  No CD will replicate that warm, analogue sound.

Oh, yes I do agree: I also like analogue sound and I've got a tube amp too. I have several thousands of LPs and I will keep them forever.

My arsenal consists of the following:

- analogue: Fisher MT-6331 turntable, NAD 314 (used as a preamp), Russian Priboi 50-UM 204C tube amp, Radiotehnika S-90F speakers

- digital: Marantz CD-67, Sony MDS-JE510 minidisc deck

In order to feel all the charm of analogue sound one should have a Hi-End system. Unfortunately neither mine nor yours can be considered as such. My weakest element is Radiotehnika S-90F...

Originally written by Scott Rasmussen on April 16, 2007 10:29 PM You might enjoy these, though after your critique of Jimi Hendrix's playing (!!), who knows?

 

That's true: I don't appreciate Jimi Hendrix's manner of playing too much. I do know: for many it sounds like sacrilege but what can I do?

Blues is one of my preferent genres and generally I like both Magic Sam and Otis Rush. Thanks for sharing of those videos, Scott. My favourite Chicago bluesman is Junior Wells:

Junior Wells & Buddy Guy - Hoodoo Man Blues

Very nice selections! I melted into a millions pieces watching Buddy Guy a year ago or so but had to pass on his performance in Toronto yesterday. He unplugged his polka dot stratocaster and kept playing wireless while making his way through Massey Hall, clear to the " nose bleed " section where I stood amazed.

Here is my all time favourite BBK song, The Thrill is Gone- Thrown in with Eric Clapton, Paul Butterfield and Phil Collins. It might take a few minutes to load but it delivers-Enjoy!

Liz

Billy's Band - Being Tom Waits

Tom Waits stuff performed by his Russian followers...

Country: Russia
Genre/Style: Acoustic Rock, Blues
Year: 2005
Web: Official web site 

 Ice creAm man

Track Listing:

01. So long I'll see yA
02. Clap hAnds
03. Chocolate Jesus
04. TemptAtion
05. TAngo till they're sore
06. Cold ground
07. I'll be gone
08. I'll shoot the moon
09. Ice creAm man
10. Gunstreet girl
11. Down in A Hole
12. More thAn rain
13. Jockey full of bourbon
14. ReeperbAhn
15. Blue Valentines 

All songs by Tom Waits.

Billy's Band - Let's Have Fun in St. Petersburg Style

You can download the album Being Tom Waits by Billy's Band - here.

NK

Originally written by Liz Mitchell on June 9, 2007 4:06 PM "Ice Cream Man" sold (hmm) me on the album

I knew it would...

Originally written by Liz Mitchell on June 9, 2007 4:06 PM I just downloaded but have yet to locate on my system I thought it would open in itunes.

It couldn't be opened in iTunes as what you downloaded is a .rar archive and should be unpacked first. Have you managed to locate it?

NK

Originally written by Liz Mitchell on June 10, 2007 4:18 PM Still searching for the illusive file. I realized too late that it needed to be unzipped, but I tried to open it with itunes. I downloaded part 1 again and proceeded to open it and itunes popped upautomatically. <...> The files must be somewhere but any search was hopeless...even looked in hidden-cache...rien!!!

Hi Liz,

There are some points I'd like you to pay attention to:

1. The archive isn't in .zip but in .rar format.
2. Please don't unpack the archives until you download all parts.
3. I would recommend to create a special folder for each album before downloading: this way you will always know where to find it.

The name of the first part of the archive is Billy_s_Band_-_Being_Tom_Waits.part1.rar. Try to search for it on your PC using special functions of Windows or standalone software. BTW a free program Agent Ransack isn't bad for this purpose.

Originally written by Liz Mitchell on June 10, 2007 4:18 PM Sooooo, I closed itunes, returned to download yet again but had exceeded my limit on the site for freebies. <...> Is the download on the site a daily limit?

Yes, at rapidshare.com there are some limitations but they are not daily - you can return in one or two hours and download again (the time is shown on the download page).

Nik

A glass of starka and this song. What else can one desire?

Vaya con dios - Je l'aime Je l'aime

Country: Belgium
Genre/Style: Adult Alternative Pop/Rock 
Web: Official Site

NK